I thank my God every time I remember you.
3 I give thanks. He begins with thanksgiving “Vne protestation, qu’il est ioyeux de leur bien;” — “A protestation, that he is delighted on account of their welfare.” on two accounts — first, that he may by this token shew his love to the Philippians; and secondly, that, by commending them as to the past, he may exhort them, also, to perseverance in time to come.
Though scourged and imprisoned at Philippi, Paul remembers that place with joy, not shame. The best remembrance of absent friends is to bring them before God's throne in prayer, naming them and their particular needs, which is the surest comfort we can give them and ourselves.
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Commenting on Philippians 1:3-6
Verse 3. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Marg., mention. The Greek word means recollection, remembrance. But this recollection may have been suggested either by his own reflections on what he had seen, or by what he had heard of them by others, or by the favours which they conferred on him reminding him of them.